Rockdale County GaArchives History .....Rockdale County Genealogical Society-Newsletter May 2005 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Larry C. Knowles http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00012.html#0002854 March 20, 2009, 5:22 pm JEANS & GENES Publication of the Rockdale County Genealogical Society-May 2005 _______________________________________________________ May, 2005, Meeting The Rockdale County Genealogical Society will meet on Sunday, May 15, 2005, at 3:00 P.M. at the Nancy Guinn Memorial Library, 864 Green St, Conyers, Ga. We welcome and encourage visitors. There is no admission fee but donations are accepted. For information call 770-760-9483. Our speaker will be: Bertha Little, teacher of Georgia history retired from DeKalb County Schools. She has a Master of Education degree from Mercer University and is a member of numerous genealogical societies, including Rockdale Genealogical Society and East Georgia Genealogical Society. The subject of her presentation will be: “Overview of Indian Removal from Georgia”. ______________________________________________________________ Library Visitors Share Research Names Yvonne Carr, mycarr_200@yahoo.com, researching McKnight’s, Jim & Emma from 1880 to 1890. Roy & Donna Peek, rcdjpeek@bellsouth.net, researching Rice, Trimble, Peek, Jordan & Cooley. Wm. B. McDaniel, Mack2458@cs.com, Conyers, Ga. researching McDaniel.. Linda Biggers-Mitchell, 2240 Carr Rd., Conyers, Ga. No names given. Janice Brown, 4104 River Mist Ct., Lithonia, Ga. Reserching Hollingsworth (African-American). R. M. Manning, 39 Wolfcliff Rd., White, Ga. 30184, researching Winburn and Manning. Susan Hardie (Walker), No address. Researching Maddox, Chamblee, McDaniel, Walker. Mildred M. Carey, 2560 Lake Capri Dr., Conyers, Ga. Researching Robert and Albert C. McCord. Richard T. Turk, Sr., turkrichard@hotmail.com, researching Turk, Jordan, Delong, Walker, Ash, Elliott of North Georgia. Jack Eaves, No address given. Researching Helms, McGuire. Barry Miller, truckenmiller@hotmail.com (www.fallascoso.com). Researching Truckenmiller, DiValerio, DiPietrautonio. Daniel Bass, P. O. Box 80096, Conyers, Ga. 30013. Researching the war between the states. Maxine Tomlinson, 4130 Haralson Mill Rd., Conyers, Ga. 30012, researching Argo. Loren Collins, 2420 Old Covington Hwy., Conyers, Ga. 30012, researching Plunkett, McCollum, Tucker. _________________________________________________________________ National Archives Opens on Jonesboro Road The relocation (from East Point) of the Southeastern Region National Archives has been completed and it is open adjacent to the Georgia State Archives at 5780 Jonesboro Road, Morrow, Ga.. This is near the entrance of Clayton State College & State University. Visit their web site at:www.archives.gov/facilities/ga/atlanta.html www.archives.gov/facilities/ga/atlanta.html _____________________________________________________________________ Programs Planned for Remainder of Year June 12th – Gerre Byrd Various Ways to Solve Your Genealogical Problems (and the “brick walls” I’ve torn down) July 10th – SHERRY PIERCE Accidental Genealogy or “While I am looking, they find ME!” August 14th – SHOW OFF & SHARE DAY September 11th – Ken Thomas Genealogical & Historical Columnist for the AJC Unmarried Ancestors October 9th – WALTER J. FREEMAN, PH.D. D N A November 13th-CELEBRATIONS, REFLECTIONS, & REFRESHMENTS _______________________________________________________________ Classes Available for New Researchers Classes in an “Introduction to Genealogy” will be held at the Nancy Guinn Library in the conference room beginning in June and run for six weeks each Tuesday from 11:00 a.m. to noon. The instruction will include a field trip to the Georgia State Archives. Similar classes will begin again in August, and October. Evening classes may be held if there is enough demand. There will be a charge of $3.00 for supplies to be used during the course. Call the instructor, Gerre Byrd, to get your name on the list. The number is: 770-760-1944. __________________________________________________________________ Words and Names Origins Site Where do words come from? Modern words often have roots in older words from other languages. This site lets you delve into the history of countless words and names so that you, too, can know that Alec Baldwin’s name means “Bold Friend” There is no guarantee that your name is here; but, who knows, you may find out that your name has some hidden meaning that no has thought of. Go to this site: http://www.etymoline.com/ _______________________________________________________________________ Noted Genealogist Opens Web Site Noted Genealogist, Jeannette Holland Austin, has placed Georgia information on a new web site. She has published over seventy books. The site allows you to search for names before committing to a paid subscription. I have posted my work of 40 years which includes many Georgia family genealogies. The site also includes huge databases, such as wills, marriages, obituaries, bible records, confederates, revolutionary war pension abstracts, genealogies, notes of Jeannette Holland Austin (professional genealogist), and much more. http://www.georgiapioneers.com ____________________________________________________________________________ Scotland Sources Discussed Are there individual censuses for Scotland or are they included in the Great Britain censuses? I would like to find a census just prior to 1882 that includes Scotland. Thanks for any pointers on this topic. I’m looking for Edward & Margaret Kavanaugh who had four children born in Scotland before they emigrated to the US. Edward emigrated in 1882 and Margaret and the children in 1884 -- this is according to the 1900 US census. Thanks, Patricia Hi Pat, Scotland is not part of England in the case of Birth, Marriage, Death and Census. Your local Latter Day Saints Family History Center ( LDS FHC )in your case, you need to know the area as well. You will need to order the 1881 Census from them. Scotlands People at http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ has a lot of information and the census is supposed to be on line some time soon. Hope this helps some. Genealogically Yours, David I wonder if you for anyone else knows if it’s possible to find out about the birth of someone in Scotland in 1825 when you know the name and birth date but have no idea where in Scotland that person was born. Pat Try the website www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk They have birth records online and I was able to find my half brother’s grandmother’s birth info with just her name and date. Happy hunting! Patricia You have to hope like mad that they were Church of Scotland, AND that the registers have survived. Only baptism records are available for pre-1855 births, although some Ministers did include the DOB in the entry. The other problem, of course, is that even if you find someone who was baptised very close to the DOB you have, you need to prove that it’s your person, and not someone else of the same name (things can get very confused-my one-place-study includes 3 brothers who all baptized a son David within a single month!). If they were non-conformist (anything over the range from RC to Free Church), their records MAY have survived, but they’ll be in the National Archives and not yet indexed or digitized. If you have a name and age, and they lived that long, your best bet may be the 1851 census - Scotlands people should have the whole thing indexed sometime soon (they’ve been promising for 2 years). Bits of it have been done by local FHSs, but if you have no idea where, you really need a national level index. It’ll also help if you know the names of all his/her children, in order, especially if a less common forename turns up in the family. You could always post the info you have on the person to soc.genealogy.britain - someone may know. Lesley Robertson The 1881 Census CD set includes Scotland. It’s only the LDS on-line version that does not have it. MickG Thanks to those who replied. I was being quite dense when I wrote this request. I went to the www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk site today and found the information I was looking for. The 1881 census is up as are many marriage and birth records. It is a very good site -- in my humble opinion. Again, thanks. Patricia “Pat” wrote in message news:rYLmd.21333 $Rf1.13474@newssvr19.news.prodigy.com... Try this site: http://www.censusfinder.com/scotland.htm Marge ___________________________________________________________________ Cousin? Who does it Mean? In his 1694 will, Daniel Denn refers to Margaret Hancock as his cousin. (Both Denn & Hancock were Quakers who lived in Salem, NJ). From other evidence, it would seem that Daniel Denn was actually the Uncle of Margaret Hancock (although it is possible that they were first cousins). Has anyone ever seen a niece or a nephew referred to as a “cousin” during that era? Would the term “cousin” have had a broad enough meaning then for it to have properly encompassed niece/ nephew? If so, how common would it have been to call a niece or a nephew a cousin? - Jerry Ukes I think Shakespeare takes a rather broad usage of the word ‘cousin.’ This was earlier, however, than the date in question. In seventeenth century wills, one frequently finds the term cousin applied to any relative who is not a brother or sister, son or daughter. Thus, a man making his will in 1650, might call his grandchild “cousin”, or he might use the term to refer to a nephew, niece, uncle, aunt or any other close relative except blood brother, sister, son, or daughter. Other terms which can cause confusion: A man was quite likely to call a stepchild (that is, a child of his wife by a former marriage) “son-in-law” and “daughter-in-law” in his will. Brother - Sometimes it meant blood brother, sometimes step-brother, sometimes brother-in law, and frequently “brother in the church” as it is still used in some evangelical sects. Mother and father might mean mother-in-law or father-in-law or might even refer to a step-parent acquired through the remarriage of a parent. Women referred to as Mrs. were not necessarily married. Mrs. was an abbreviation for Mistress In Colonial days, Mister (Mr.) was a title of respect given only to those who held important civil office or were of gentle blood before coming to America. If a man did not act in accordance with the dignity of the title, “Mr.”, it was taken away from him, as some of the old records show. Lisa “Lisa Lepore” llepore@comcast.net __________________________________________________________________________ Youngster Wants to Sell Grandpa's Ghost It’s not a Joke: Mary S., a seller on eBay, who has a cane and her father’s ghost up for auction on eBay says, “My 5 year old son believes the ghost of my father haunts our house (which was once my father’s house) My son knows I sell on ebay and asked me to put my dad's ghost up for auction. Since he wants to make sure someone gets the ghost he wants me to put his cane up so he goes with it.” There’s a whole lot more to this touching story. Read how important it is for this 5 year-old to sell his Grandpa’s ghost on ebay. Read about it at: http://genealogy-facts.com/blog/index.php/archives/category/genealogy-updates/ By Robert Ragan, Publisher: -Genealogy Facts & Family Tree Search Tips Blog http://genealogy-facts.com/blog -Treasure Maps How to Genealogy Site http://amberskyline.com/treasuremaps/ ___________________________________________________________________________ JEANS & GENES is a publication of the Rockdale County Genealogical Society. % Nancy Guinn Library, 864 Green St. SW, Conyers, Ga. 30012 President: Bill Freese V. President: Martha Brown Treasurer: Jackie Smith Secretary: Bertha Little Program Cochairmen: Sherry Pierce, Gerre Byrd, Norma Owens Membership Chairman: Gerre Byrd Publicity & Newsletter: Marion T. Farmer 1500 A. Pine Log Rd NE Conyers, GA. 30012 mtf@mindspring.com http://mtf.home.mindspring.com _______________________________________________ Additional comments: This back issue of the Rockdale County Genealogical Society newsletter has been copied with permission from the personal website of editor, Marion Farmer, as his website is nearing capacity. For simplicity the few photos or graphics have not been included here. Websites previously linked from Marion’s site will not be operative here. Sites that are still active may be found by entering their listed URLs. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ga/rockdale/history/other/rockdale108nms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/gafiles/ File size: 13.1 Kb